This next repair is turning a set of speakers with an integrated amplifier into a set of passive speakers. They started making a repeating 'popping' noise after being on for a few minutes.
This next repair is turning a set of speakers with an integrated amplifier into a set of passive speakers. They started making a repeating 'popping' noise after being on for a few minutes.
I was able to troubleshoot the problem to an overheating overheating amplifier chip. putting a heat gun directly on the chip made the popping begin immediately.
I was able to troubleshoot the problem to an overheating amplifier chip. Putting a heat gun directly on the chip made the popping begin immediately.
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Old Phone:
Old Phone:
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This is a OnePlus DE2117 with a broken screen. It took an unlucky bounce off a concrete floor, but the replacements were pretty cheap (~$20). I removed just the screen at first before I realized the replacement contained the whole body structure too. Then it was removing the back cover, and carefully moving all the parts from the old phone into the new body. I don't know if I ordered the wrong part, but it would have been easier to replace just the screen.
This is a OnePlus DE2117 with a broken screen. It took an unlucky bounce off a concrete floor, but the replacements were pretty cheap (~$20). I removed just the screen at first, before I realized the replacement contained the whole body structure too. Then it was removing the back cover, and carefully moving all the parts from the old phone into the new body. I don't know if I ordered the wrong part, but it would have been easier to replace just the screen.
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Dell laptop keyboard:
Dell laptop keyboard:
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This one was is replacing a keyboard on a dell lattitue e7470 that started to not register keypresses. This went pretty smoothly, and was nice not to have to deal with the glue from the phone and tablet. A suprising number of screw holding the keyboard in place though.
This one was is replacing a keyboard on a dell lattitue e7470 that began not registering keypresses. This went pretty smoothly, and was nice not to have to deal with the glue from the phone and tablet. A suprising number of screws holding the keyboard in place though.
